Esoteric news

Wildlife crime is now considered as serious as drug trafficking – tackling it may help countries beat other illegal activities in the gangs and syndicates responsible

After coders remotely seized control of a Jeep on the highway, it's revealed that car companies are already doing some explorative hacking of their own

Environmentalists have welcomed the Clean Power Plan, which steers the US towards a lower-carbon future, but some say more needs to be done

Earth needed its magnetic field to protect the nascent atmosphere – but when did the field turn on? Magnetic rocks show it was earlier than we thought

Comet 67P has previously unseen organic molecules and fluffy surface grains – just a few of the discoveries in the first set of papers from the Philae team

Tests that detect changes in genes triggered by drugs could bolster the use of a biological passport – if athletics will spend more on research

A probe inserted into a person's brain can alert intensive-care staff to a critical drop in energy supply, potentially saving the patient's life

More than a million people have been given land in the Amazon area since the 1970s, causing 13.5 per cent of all deforestation there

The salty aquifers beneath deserts may be storing more carbon than all living plants put together, according to new data from arid regions of China

Last week, the tech giant unveiled Aquila, the drone it hopes will help underdeveloped countries get online